The sun shone through the window of the weyr right into Thirza’s eyes. She smiled, feeling the warmth on her eyelids, then yawned and stretched. She finally opened her eyes, rolled over and saw R’nan. For a minute she didn’t understand what was going on, why on Pern would R’nan be in her bed?, but it all came back to her. She remembered Bellezath’s flight and the period afterwards. R’nan, seeming to sense her gaze on him, opened his eyes and smiled at her. He raised an eyebrow and she realized that she’d been staring at him. She blushed and smiled.
’bout time you two got up. I thought maybe they’d drugged your meal. Bellezath was in a good mood this morning.
R’nan looked puzzled. Thirza kissed him, "What?"
"I could swear I just heard a gold dragon."
"Really? What did she say?" Thirza started to get dressed.
R’nan shrugged and followed Thirza’s lead. "Something about drugging our meal."
Thirza stopped, half-dressed and turned to look at R’nan. "What?!?"
He smiled. "Something about drugging our meal."
Thirza was astonished, but she had to make sure. Bellezath, love, say something else.
The gold was slightly confused. Like what?
R’nan smiled. "Like what?" Amorth, say hi to Thirza.
Hello Thirza. The brown sounded as confused as his mate. Why?
Thirza finished getting dressed. "I wonder if that’s normal."
What? Both Bellezath and Amorth asked.
R’nan quickly pulled a brush through the tangle of his hair. "I can hear both of you. So can Thirza."
Oh, The gold gave the impression of shrugging. I don’t know. Maybe. You guys are pretty close.
The brown cheerfully nipped his golden mate. So are we. Maybe that’s it.
R’nan caught Thirza as she passed and kissed her. "I like it."
She kissed him back. "So do I." After a few moments Thirza pulled away. "Hey," She addressed the non-present dragons. "Where are you two anyways?"
The Hatching Sands. Bellezath’s almost ready to clutch.
"What?!?" A collective shout from Thirza and R’nan went up. They frantically finished getting ready.
"Okay, I’ll get down to the Hatching Sands, you find Weyrwoman Lythena and tell her what’s happening." Thirza felt odd ordering R’nan around, but the brown rider just smiled.
"See you there." He ran off, looking for Lythena.
Thirza smiled to herself before heading off to the Hatching Sands. For some reason she’d thought that it would be weird waking up next to R’nan, kissing him, bespeaking Amorth, but it didn’t. Somehow it wasn’t weird at all. Hey Thirza, R’nan found the Weyrwoman and is on his way here. Somehow it felt amazingly normal, just the way it was supposed to.
Thirza and Bellezath’s old weyr.
R’nan and Amorth’s old weyr.
Bellezath flew and clutched at Andromeda Weyr.
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R'nan and Thirza impressed Amorth and Bellezath at Andromeda Weyr.
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